CLASSICAL MARTIAL ARTS CENTRE

1 1 CLASSICAL MARTIAL arts CENTRE TToorroonnttoo CCeennttrraall RReeggiioonn HHaassuu,, SSaakkuurraa,, && EEnnzzaann DDoojjoo karate -DO & JIU JITSU KYU MANUAL 2 Creed of karate -Do I face you with my empty hands Weapons, I have none If I should be forced to defend myself, my honour, my principles, my family As a matter of life or death, right or wrong, Then here are my weapons My empty hands. 3 Tenets of Goju Ryu karate -Do We who are studying karate -Do aspire to these virtues. 1. We are proud to study the spirit of Goju. 2. We shall practice courtesy. 3. We shall be quick to seize opportunity. 4. We shall always practice patience. 5. We shall always keep the fighting spirit of karate -Do. For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, Nor for the uncontrolled is there power of concentration, For him without concentration there is no peace.

2 GO JU -- YIN YANG TEACH THE OPPOSITES IN LIFE Be as hard as the world forces you to be. And be as soft as the world allows you to be. Sensei Chuck Merriman 4 Table of Contents C r e e d o f K a r a t e -Do .. 2 T e n e t s o f G o j u R y u K a r a t e -Do .. 3 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s .. 4 B a s i c H i s t o r y o f M a r t i a l A r t s .. 8 Origins of karate -Do .. 8 Okinawa (The roots of Goju Ryu) .. 8 Chojun Miyagi .. 9 Gogen Yamaguchi .. 10 O Sensei Richard Kim .. 10 Sensei Peter Urban .. 11 B e l t T y i n g P r o c e d u r e s .. 1 K a t a T r a i n i n g .. 2 Kata Points .. 2 K u m i t e T r a i n i n g .. 5 J i u J i t s u / A i k i d o P r o g r a m m e .. 7 K a r a t e - D o G r a d i n g R e q u i r e m e n t s .. 8 Rea d i n g R e q u i r e m e n t s .. 9 WHITE BELT .. 9 The Student Manual.

3 9 The CLASSICAL Man O Sensei Richad Kim .. 9 YELLOW BELT .. 9 karate -Do My Way of Life Gichin Funakoshi .. 9 The karate Dojo Sensei Peter Urban .. 9 ORANGE BELT .. 9 Angry White Pyjamas Robert Twigger .. 9 Weaponless Warrior O'Sensei Richard Kim .. 9 GREEN BELT .. 9 The Student Manual .. 9 Code of the Samurai A. L. Sadler .. 9 5 The Zen Way to the MARTIAL arts Tiesen Deshamaru .. 9 Moving Zen C. W. Nicol .. 9 Zen in the MARTIAL arts Joe Hyams .. 9 BLUE BELT .. 9 The Book of 5 Rings M. Musashi .. 9 The Zen Way to the MARTIAL arts Tiesen Desaru .. 9 Zen in the Art of Archery Eugene Herrigel .. 9 Zen Mind Beginner s Mind Shunryu Suzuki .. 9 BROWN BELT .. 9 The Student Manual .. 9 The Chinatown Dojo Sensei Peter Urban .. 9 Tao of Jeet Kun Do Bruce Lee .. 9 The Path to Liberation: The Fighting Spirit of Japan Herman Kauz .. 9 Introduction to Buddhism 9 Best karate Kumite I & II Nakayama.

4 9 SHODAN .. 9 Review all books up to this level.. 9 Zen Mind Beginner s Mind Shunryu Suzuki .. 9 Zen and the Samurai Suzuki .. 9 A Man of Zen Suzuki .. 9 Tao te Ching Lao Tsu .. 9 The Art of War Sun Tzu .. 9 Three Pillars of Zen Roshi Phillip Kaplean .. 9 The Cat Cogen Yamaguchi .. 9 B o o k s Y o u S h o u l d R e a d .. 10 A d u l t K a r a t e - D o K a t a R e q u i r e m e n t s .. 11 CMAC GO JU BUDO .. 11 OTHER GO JU RYU .. 11 OTHER RYU .. 11 YAKU SOKU KUMITE / FUTARI NO KATA .. 11 6 White Belt .. 11 Taikyoku Chudan .. 11 Yellow Belt .. 11 Orange Belt .. 11 Green Belt .. 11 Blue Belt .. 11 Brown Belt .. 11 Black Belt Sho Dan .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Black Belt Ni Dan .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Black Belt San Dan .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Black Belt Yon Dan .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Black Belt Go Dan & Up .. Error!

5 Bookmark not defined. A d u l t J i u J i t s u R e q u i r e m e n t s .. 13 White Belt .. 13 Yellow Belt .. 14 Orange Belt .. 14 Green Belt .. 14 Blue Belt .. 14 Brown Belt .. 14 B o o k s S t u d i e d .. 16 G r a d i n g R e c o r d .. 17 S e m i n a r R e c o r d .. 18 G l o s s a r y o f T e r m s .. 19 STANCES (DACHI) .. 19 BLOCKS (UKE) .. 19 PUNCHES (ZUKI).. 20 STRIKES (UCHI).. 20 KICKS (GERI) .. 20 Y e l l o w B e l t K a r a t e - D o E x a m .. 23 Goals are Dreams with a Schedule, Deadline, and Time Table .. 23 7 Questions From the CLASSICAL Man .. 23 O r a n g e B e l t K a r a t e - D o E x a m .. 24 Questions for the karate Dojo .. 24 Questions from karate -Do My Way of Life .. 25 G r e e n B e l t K a r a t e - D o E x a m .. 26 B l u e B e l t K a r a t e - D o E x a m .. 27 B r o w n B e l t K a r a t e - D o E x a m.

6 28 B l a c k B e l t K a r a t e - D o E x a m .. 2 9 8 Basic History of MARTIAL arts Origins of karate -Do karate -Do owes its composition to diverse ancient fighting techniques such as Egyptian bare-handed fighting, Roman gladiatorial combat, Japanese sumo wrestling, Indian and Persian foot fighting, and the weaponless fighting found in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The Chinese people were exposed to these different methods of fighting during their extensive military and economic contact with the above countries. The fighting styles were observed, analyzed, and utilized by the Chinese; and it is in China that all these styles came together and influenced the configuration of ch'uan fa; which is the Chinese tradition of pugilism and the forerunner of karate -Do. The most prevalent school of thought traces the origins of ch'uan fa back to the 6th century mytho-historical figure, Bodhidharma, and considers him to be the patriarch of Zen and the Chinese MARTIAL arts .

7 According to legend, Bodhidharma was born in India during the early 6th century to a warrior class known as the Kshatriaya. He traveled from India to the Songshan Mountains, in the Honan province of China, and founded the Shao Lin Temple. The monks at the Temple were weak and in poor condition and thus very vulnerable to attacks from bandits and muggers. Bodhidharma created ch'uan fa to help them improve physically. Bodhidharma taught 18 postures, 2 sutra, and sitting meditation (zazen). The kata include exercises and breathing techniques to foster physical health and strength which were modeled on the movements of animals , the tiger, monkey, leopard, crane, and snake. The sutra were developed to foster mental and spiritual growth. These kata, sutra, and zazen, formed the fundamentals of ch'uan fa, the precursor of karate -Do. Okinawa (The roots of Goju Ryu) The roots of Goju Ryu karate -Do can be traced directly back to Okinawa which was called Ryukyu until 1870.

8 In 1872 this small island officially became a prefecture of Japan. In 1340 the Ryukyu Dynasty established tributary links with the Chinese Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and until 1866 delegates were sent back and forth from each country. Many masters of Chinese Kempo were among the delegates from China, and they taught their art to the Okinawan nobility. The Okinawans sent ships filled with extremely valuable presents to the 9 Chinese Emperor as tribute. To protect this precious cargo all the Okinawans on board (crew members and delegates) were well trained in MARTIAL arts . After paying tribute to the Emperor, some of the Okinawan delegates furthered their training in China before returning home. In 1470 all weapons in Okinawa were banned and confiscated. This political move led directly to the development of two different fighting systems: Te, practiced by the nobility, is a form of empty hand combat; and Kobudo, developed by farmers and fishermen is a form of armed combat using simple tools as weapons.

9 In both systems, training was conducted in strict secrecy. The different styles of Te (Naha -te, Tomari-te, and Shuri-te) were named after the villages where they were practiced. Naha-te is the direct ancestor of Goju-Ryu karate -Do; Shuri-te developed into Shorinji-Ryu which in turn developed into many different styles (such as Wado Ryu and Shotokan karate -Do). A combination of Goju Ryu and Shorinji Ryu led to the development of Chito Ryu. Chojun Miyagi The founder of Goju Ryu karate -Do is Chojun Miyagi. He was born in Naha Okinawa on April 25th 1888, to a noble family. His birth name, Miyagusuku, was changed to Miyagi by the Japanese. At the age of 14 Miyagi began training under Arakaki, who introduced him to his friend, the foremost Naha-te master, Kanryo Higaonna; he was his Sensei's disciple for 15 years. In Fuzhou in Fukien Province, Miyagi studied Shao Lin Chuan and also Ba Gwa Chang (eight trigram palm -- soft fist style).

10 In 1908 he returned to Okinawa. Using his knowledge of Chinese Kempo he adapted Naha-te to more fully reflect the hard and soft aspects of karate -Do -- the give and take required to be successful. He invented three important kata: Tensho, Gekisai Ichi, and Gekisai Ni. The word goju means hard and soft. Go is the Japanese word for hardness and ju is the word for softness. The system is based on the oriental concept that all hardness and stiffness is not good. At the same time all softness and too much gentleness is not good. The two should complement each other. This combination gives Goju Ryu its beautiful, disciplined movements, filled with grace, flowing forms and strength. Actions are sometimes extremely fast and other times slow and majestic. oju Ryu relies on an aggressive style of attack with emphasis on delivering blows hard but with easy effort and in rapid succession, manoeurving not only forwards and backwards but also from side to side.